The Little Rascals - Complete Collection (Centennial Edition) - November 15, 2022

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The Little Rascals: The Complete Collection Blu-ray

ClassicFlix will be releasing a Complete Collection set of their Little Rascals shorts on Blu-ray on November 15th. The set will include the same disc contents as the previously individual six volumes (but on 5 discs now, see notes below), but will also include a Bonus Disc, which will sold separately through ClassicFlix's site.

Full Set: https://www.classicflix.com/products...ennial-edition

Bonus Disc Only: https://www.classicflix.com/products...f-851968007842

Notes:

- There is an Introduction by Leonard Maltin that is only available with the Centennial Edition.

-Due to lack of supply of 7-disc Blu-ray cases, we will ship out an empty 6-disc Centennial case (with artwork) and a separate single disc Blu-ray case with it's own special "Bonus Disc" artwork.

- The Centennial edition will be missing the names of the shorts, synopses, and production notes that were included on the inner printing of the individual releases

- The Centennial edition will have re-authored discs, which now house the contents of the 6 individual volumes on 5 discs, rather than 6. It includes the new introduction by Leonard Maltin on Disc 1

- The Bonus disc will briefly be made available on Amazon for international customers.

Bonus disc will include:

Bonus Disc CONTENTS:

• Presentation of the only surviving foreign language shorts in which Our Gang performed:
  
  Las Fantasmas (1930, When the Wind Blows performed in Spanish) - Note: Survives fully intact
  Los Cazadores de Osos (1930, Bear Shooters performed in Spanish) -
  Note: Only reel 2 is presented here. Image survives for both reels, but only audio survives for reel 2
  
  
• Temps d’Hiver (1930, A Tough Winter performed in French) - Note: Only reel 1 survives
  
• Three newly restored Our Gang silent shorts:
  
  The Big Show (1923)
  Dogs of War! (1923)
  Mary, Queen of Tots (1925)
  
  
• Good Old Days - The Music of Our Gang featurette
• Then and Now - A Special Tour of Our Gang Locations featurette
• Our Gang Centennial at the Hollywood Museum - Highlights from the opening day gala kicking off the Museum’s exhibit celebrating 100 years of The Little Rascals. Appearances include Leonard Maltin, Richard W. Bann, Maria Roach (Hal’s daughter) and Sidney Kibrick (Woim), the last surviving main player of the Hal Roach era
• Our Gang Reunion - Watch The Gang on "You Asked for It" television show from February 22nd, 1951 featuring Allen “Farina” Hoskins, Johnny Downs, Mickey Daniels, Joe Cobb and Jackie Condon. Also appearing is on-set teacher Fern Carter, cameraman Art Lloyd and director Bob McGowan
• A Day in the Life of Spanky and Porky - Follow Spanky and Porky around in Boulder, Colorado the week of April 1st, 1985 as they take the stage, answer questions and sign autographs as guests at the annual “Trivia Bowl” event
• The Little Rascals Jukebox - Listen to your favorite Our Gang tunes
• Image galleries
• Other rarities:
  
  
  Speed-O-Byke theater ad with Spanky
  In-theater ad announcing in-person appearance by Mary Ann Jackson featuring previously unseen outtake footage
  Excerpt of mid-1930s screen test for unknown film with Mary Ann Jackson directed by Norman Z. McLeod (no sound)
  In-theater ad announcing in-person appearance by Norman “Chubby” Chaney
  Spanky McFarland interviewed by Tommy Bond, Jr. at a plaque commemoration ceremony just outside the old location of Hal Roach Studios in Culver City, Ca.
  
  
• Art Lloyd home movies featuring Spanky and Joe Cobb (no sound)
• Commercial for MGM Our Gang
• Audition reel (filmed in the mid-1950s) from short-term, but memorable Our Gang player Jackie Lynn Taylor

The Breakdown of the 5 discs are as follows:

DISC 1 (Includes Leonard Maltin introduction)

1. Small Talk
2. Railroadin'
3. Lazy Days
4. Boxing Gloves
5. Bouncing Babies
6. Moan & Groan, Inc.
7. Shivering Shakespeare
8. The First Seven Years
9. When the Wind Blows
10. Bear Shooters
11. A Tough Winter
12. Pups Is Pups
13. Teacher's Pet

DISC 2

14. School's Out
15. Helping Grandma
16. Love Business
17. Little Daddy
18. Bargain Day
19. Fly My Kite
20. Big Ears
21. Shiver My Timbers
22. Dogs Is Dogs
23. Readin' and Writin'
24. Free Eats
25. Spanky
26. Choo-Choo!

DISC 3

27. The Pooch
28. Hook and Ladder
29. Free Wheeling
30. Birthday Blues
31. A Lad an' a Lamp
32. Fish Hooky
33. Forgotten Babies
34. The Kid from Borneo
35. Mush and Milk
36. Bedtime Worries
37. Wild Poses
38. Hi'-Neighbor!
39. For Pete's Sake!
40. The First Round-Up
41. Honky-Donkey

DISC 4

42. Mike Fright
43. Washee Ironee
44. Mama's Little Pirate
45. Shrimps for a Day
46. Anniversary Trouble
47. Beginner’s Luck
48. Teacher's Beau
49. Sprucin’ Up
50. Little Papa
51. Little Sinner
52. Our Gang Follies of 1936
53. The Pinch Singer
54. Divot Diggers
55. The Lucky Corner
56. Second Childhood

DISC 5

57. Arbor Day
58. Bored of Education
59. Two Too Young
60. Pay as You Exit
61. Spooky Hooky
62. Reunion in Rhythm
63. Glove Taps
64. Hearts Are Thumps
65. Rushin' Ballet
66. Three Smart Boys
67. Roamin' Holiday
68. Night 'n' Gales
69. Fishy Tales
70. Framing Youth
71. The Pigskin Palooka
72. Mail and Female
73. Our Gang Follies of 1938
74. Canned Fishing
75. Bear Facts
76. Three Men in a Tub
77. Came the Brawn
78. Feed 'em and Weep
79. The Awful Tooth
80. Hide and Shriek

For generations, Our Gang comedies have been enjoyed by millions of fans the world over. Now, celebrate the 100th anniversary of this iconic and beloved film series in The Little Rascals - The Complete Collection (Centennial Edition). In 1922, producer Hal Roach introduced the kiddie troupe known as “Our Gang” to theater audiences and kicked off one of the most popular and prolific franchises in the field of short subjects, with 220 one- and two-reel comedies released over a twenty-two year period. By the late 1920s, the series (later re-titled "The Little Rascals" for TV syndication) made the transition from silents to “talkies” and would soon embark on its most revered and best remembered period–the 80 sound shorts made at Hal Roach Studios between 1929 and 1938–all of which are included in this one-of-a-kind collection. A must-have for any true Our Gang fan, this 6-disc set also includes over 4 hours of bonus material and features the talents of George “Spanky” McFarland, Carl “Alfalfa” Switzer, Allen “Farina” Hoskins, Darla Hood, Matthew “Stymie” Beard, Jackie Cooper, Bobby “Wheezer” Hutchins, Billie “Buckwheat” Thomas, Eugene “Porky” Lee and many, many more. About the restorations: Each short has been newly scanned from original Hal Roach 35mm film elements. Remastered, uncut and beautifully restored, now you can see The Little Rascals like never before. With restorations so glorious, it will be like watching these iconic shorts for the first time!

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